Solar dryer-drying with solar input for chips

The aim is to validate solar thermal technology for drying chips made from forest by-products and waste to achieve a moisture content quality of W20.

For this purpose, two technologies will be tested:

1. Solar assistance, which consists of using a chip dryer using a cross-flow of hot air and adding heating input with thermal solar panels. The project consists of modulating currents based on temperatures and humidity to achieve faster drying with a minimum amount of non-renewable energy consumed.
2. Solar drying is an attempt to carry out a pilot project for a solar dryer that will allow testing the drying technology without any thermal input, other than solar. To do this, the technology will be tested in a place with the worst weather conditions for drying chips in Galicia: Baralla, which has a low average temperature with high relative humidity all year round.